contributed by Evil Wench
Authorities have identified three friends of MafiaBoy who are also suspects in the recent DDoS attacks. Authorities are also investigating a small group thought to be based in Isreal who have been involved in various online financial crimes in the past. They said they are also still looking at Coolio (Dennis Moran) as a possible suspect.

USA Today

contributed by Mr. Big23
Earlier this month Internet Security Systems found a backdoor in RedHat Linux, the problem has been labeled a 'flaw' by RedHat. The company has been contacted and a fixed has been issued. RedHat recommends that all users of the most recent distribution who have installed Piranha download and install this patch.

MSNBC
RedHat Updates

contributed by TheHex
The University of Southern California (USC) has reportedly refused to join other universities in blocking MP3 music downloads via Napster. The university made the announcement on Friday in response to a lawsuit filed by Metallica, which named USC, Yale University and Indiana University as defendants in charges alleging the schools allowed students to pirate copyrighted music. The lawsuit has caused both Yale and Indiana U. to implement filters on their networks to prevent Napster use. (Go Trojans!)

NewsBytes
Indiana University - Just look at the Spin

contributed by root66
The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) is being criticized by web site administrators as being to costly to implement and for encouraging kids to lie about their ages. Disney has said it plans to ask for parents credit card numbers when verifying parental consent. Mastercard has issued a statement saying that credit cards are not meant to be used for age verification. Disney has said they will go ahead with their plan.

Computer World
Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)

contributed by Bjornar
Last year the CIH virus struck rather hard around the world (or was it just the media hype?). April 26th will be here tomorrow, do you have the latest virus definitions installed? CIH or Chernobyl will attempt to overwrite sectors on the hard drive and also attempt overwrite BIOS on flash-capable systems.

NAI Virus Description

contributed by Space Rogue
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